tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36650952.post6517250475062157596..comments2024-03-27T10:29:06.518-04:00Comments on A Natural Scientist: On Living With.... PeopleJenny F. Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07072624674603337551noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36650952.post-87406660924798199822015-12-04T13:54:11.648-05:002015-12-04T13:54:11.648-05:00The veg. eater in question, alas, is full of unear...The veg. eater in question, alas, is full of unearned moral superiority. <br /><br />Probably I'm just lonely because I want REAL friends HERE and all my REAL friends are somewhere ELSE. Jenny F. Scientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072624674603337551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36650952.post-54943714920258297152015-12-04T09:20:43.488-05:002015-12-04T09:20:43.488-05:00I think you grinch HERE, and with the townsfolk yo...I think you grinch HERE, and with the townsfolk you keep your mouth shut and devise the right viewpoint for not letting it bug the hell out of you. Now that I'm back among a bunch of random parents it sometimes seems like what looks like moral superiority is often about sending out signals to attract like-minded people. So "I cooked a vegetarian dinner" is less about "...and am therefore better than you are" and more about "this is something I care about, anyone else care about that?" Like a bunch of birds showing their brightly colored feathers in the hope of attracting a mate. Maybe you can be the bird that maintains an air of serenity in the face of all their foolishness. And bears in mind that a lot of foolishness passes in a few years. <br /><br />Not that I could take this advice. I fucking hate people. bunnyhttps://glumbunny.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36650952.post-28726263314687790262015-12-02T15:37:52.058-05:002015-12-02T15:37:52.058-05:00Small towns and faculty in departments - all peopl...Small towns and faculty in departments - all people you can't piss off toooo much because they just aren't going anywhere. Not fun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36650952.post-13557690894352504622015-12-02T14:36:36.413-05:002015-12-02T14:36:36.413-05:00Alas, I lack a full time job and am forced to be a...Alas, I lack a full time job and am forced to be around other randomly selected mothers. <br /><br />The part where I teach at a military school doesn't help much, either. Jenny F. Scientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072624674603337551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36650952.post-18730036546240950082015-12-02T14:35:10.852-05:002015-12-02T14:35:10.852-05:00STILL NO. (Oven, but no stove.). Stove fizzled and...STILL NO. (Oven, but no stove.). Stove fizzled and threw breaker, took stove to repair shop, repair shop dithered, ordered new one, new one took two weeks to arrive because tiny town, old one got repaired, old one got reinstalled, old one fizzled out and didn't work, took old one out, discovered new one was TOO BIG. Wept and drank wine. Called electrician to make sure house wouldn't catch fire, THEN ordered another one. Stove 3 is also taking two weeks to arrive. Also I need a strip of metal because spouse's ill informed opinion aside, stovetops do NOT come in exact standard sizes. Woe is me, etc. Jenny F. Scientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072624674603337551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36650952.post-75723037695568189722015-12-02T14:05:34.591-05:002015-12-02T14:05:34.591-05:00Weird. I also (usually) live in a small town in t...Weird. I also (usually) live in a small town in the rural south, but finding AP/vegetarian/etc. is pretty difficult. I have a few vegetarian colleagues here and there but they're certainly not evangelical about it. Not to say there aren't evangelical folks, but they're you know, evangelicals.<br /><br />I'm sure there are people connected to the university who are evangelical about AP etc., but I just don't come into contact with them most likely because I avoid mother's groups like the plague. And I'm older and not hanging around so many first time parents. And I guess we don't socialize much outside of elementary school stuff and I'm not on facebook so I don't see any of that.<br /><br />Evangelical about MLMs I do see in passing. Especially candles.nicoleandmaggiehttp://nicoleandmaggie.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36650952.post-48952704272827470572015-12-02T13:24:23.021-05:002015-12-02T13:24:23.021-05:00I think you need to re-read Pride and Prejudice, a...I think you need to re-read Pride and Prejudice, and try to cultivate the attitude of Mr. Bennett. "For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in turn." I realize it isn't easy to laugh at the follies of others when your natural reaction is anger.<br /><br />Have I mentioned that I'm trying to learn to like weeding? Also, housework. I'm halfway there, I don't hate either anymore. I'm nearly ambivalent. I couple unpleasant chores with positive stimulus like podcasts, movies, or chocolate. It's going well. Perhaps in two years I'll like weeding for its own sake.Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03276995787173932700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36650952.post-29557060185289709432015-12-02T10:31:01.854-05:002015-12-02T10:31:01.854-05:00You still don't have a stove?! I'm amazed...You still don't have a stove?! I'm amazed you haven't done serious damage to someone yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com